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Tag: D.C.
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Nation & World
‘Defend Diversity’
Harvard students join others from around nation in Supreme Court rally supporting race-conscious admission policies.
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What to look for at Trump’s impeachment trial
Trump is the first president to be impeached for a second time and will be the first to be tried after leaving office.
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Nation & World
What prompted Capitol rioters to violence?
The Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol over Donald Trump’s election loss stunned the country and forced many to ask what prompts people to political violence.
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Nation & World
Political failure through a business lens
A new report from Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter and co-author Katherine Gehl looks at the country’s dysfunctional political system through the lens of business competition to find practical, effective ways to improve how politics serves what should be its most important customers: average voters.
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Nation & World
The challenges facing higher ed
Excellence, access, and affordability are top concerns for higher education, Faust and other presidents say in Washington discussion.
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Nation & World
Returning to Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy
Students in a new Graduate School of Design course use what they’ve learned to help restore the urban legacy of slain Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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Nation & World
Speaking up for science
Former National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration administrator Jane Lubchenco described her four years in Washington, D.C., as difficult and frustrating, but said it’s imperative that other scientists follow suit to give science a voice in national policies.
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Nation & World
Egypt’s revolution: A work in progress
Despite increasing dissatisfaction with the progress of political reforms, an Egypt expert said Monday that the nation’s revolution, which began during the Arab Spring uprisings, is still just beginning.
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Nation & World
Faust named 40th Jefferson Lecturer
Drew Faust, eminent historian and president of Harvard University, will deliver the 2011 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities on May 2.
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Nation & World
Heading for Congress
Twenty-four incoming members of Congress visited the Harvard Kennedy School this week for a four-day conference to help prepare them for their new jobs.
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Nation & World
Tribe talk hosted by Harvard Club marks Constitution Day
Laurence Tribe, the Carl M. Loeb University Professor of Law, will present a talk on the U.S. Constitution at the Harvard Club of Washington, D.C. on Wednesday (Sept. 17) at 7 p.m. at the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., where the original document is housed. The Harvard Club of Washington is hosting the event.